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I consider myself English rather than European! I think I'm starting to sound like I have a chip on my shoulder. I think the Americanism I hate most is you guys referring to football as soccer! :yell I'm sure my fellow footy supporting Brits will agree.:cool

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I think the Americanism I hate most is you guys referring to football as soccer! :yell I'm sure my fellow footy supporting Brits will agree.:cool

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Oh goodie, I love it when Brits talk about how much they hate the "Americanism" soccer. Then I get to explain to them that they (and not the Americans) are the ones who invented it. It is therefore entirely their fault.

Same as the origins of soccer as a game, the origin of the word soccer can be attributed to different countries. As you probably know already, the game itself wasn't invented by the English, but it was them who popularized it and organized it under a strict set of rules.

Nowadays, the word soccer is usually attributed to Americans, but just like the above example, it was not the Americans who first used or invented the word, they were simply the ones that used it to full effect.

So where did the word soccer come from? I'll try to solve this mystery in the article ahead. You probably know of the slight dispute revolving around the word "soccer". The English will never agree to use the term "soccer" around what they call "football" for centuries.

Paradoxally, the origin of the word soccer comes from…you guessed, England. But in order to fully understand what I'm talking about, keep reading ahead as I'll share some of the beautiful history of soccer.